Description by Publisher
Portability, simplicity and ease of use have been major factors
in software development. It may therefore be logical to write in
Javascript and Java, and to stay in the browser as much as possible
so you don't need to know how to work the native OS. Over time the
native OS may become less significant. This is possible partly because
Java has a Runtime interface allowing execution and i/o to OS applications.
Plexel is a Javascript website editor also using Java to interface to
OS applications like image editors without leaving the browser.
New pages are created by word category rather like a directory,
and referenced in an uploadable dictionary. With more work Plexel can be
extended to replace wordprocessors and even some database applications.
It Creates a 'magazine' type website with three columns, header and
footer. Titled and framed image structures can be incorporated
and linked to other pages or enlarged images. Table structures
of almost any format can be inserted. Plexel has already been used
commercially for website design and management.
Plexel was however always a temporary measure, and a much better way has
been started. This is a new graphical language that sits on top of Javascript
and Java so you shouldn't have to see confusing lines of code any more. This
uses generated webpages in a network as the language structure, rather than
conventional objects and functions, and links strongly to neural-network concepts.
